Northern Kentucky basketball building toward 2016-17 in Division I transition

7:02 PM,
Dec. 26, 2013

Written by

Michael Grant
| The Courier-Journal

For Northern Kentucky University, the waiting might be the hardest part.

One of the newest members of the NCAA Division I basketball fraternity resides here, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. NKU is in the second season of a reclassification process from Division II to Division I that will be completed in 2016-17 when it's postseason eligible. It's officially a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, the league's northernmost school.

In a state that prides itself on college basketball and is home to the past two NCAA men's champions, the Norse will try to find their niche. There are ...